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- Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation - information on geriatrics, geriatric education, research - The Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center web site includes information on geriatrics, geriatric education, research, residencies, and fellowships, faculty, and caring for the aging and elderly.
- UAMS Department of Geriatrics - Geriatric information and resources from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science.
- British Geriatric Society - Professional association of doctors practicing geriatric medicine. Its members are consultants in geriatric medicine, the psychiatry of old age, public health medicine, general practitioners, and scientists engaged in medicine of aging.
- Geriatric Fellowships - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio - The University of Texas Health Science Center and Audie Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center offer one and two-year Geriatric Medicine fellowships. UTHSC-SA is a John A. Hartford Center of Excellence for Geriatric Education.
- Geriatric Consultant Resources, LLC - Information on drug therapy and disease. Offers geriatrics and gerontology resources, including conditions and disease links.
- Page of Geriatrics and Long Term Care - Geriatric links, resources and drug listings.
- American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - AAGP is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late life mental disorders.
- Family Practice Notebook: Geriatric Medicine - Comprehensive database of geriatric disorders.
- Hardin MD - Geriatrics and Aging - From the University of Iowa, extensive list of internet sources in geriatrics, gerontology and aging.
- Dr. Sanford Finkel - Geriatric forensic psychiatrist and expert witness who has consulted on a wide range of cases nationwide involving geriatric and adult psychiatry. Located in Illinois.
Wikipedia Articles
- Humanistic Geriatrics - Humanistic Geriatrics is a branch of geriatrics concerned with the integration of humanistic principles into the practice of medicine, particularly the care of older people.
- Geriatrics - Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health promotion and the prevention and treatment of disease and disability in later life. The term itself can be distinguished from gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself.
- American Geriatrics Society - The American Geriatrics Society (AGS): a professional society founded on June 11, 1942 for doctors practicing geriatric medicine. Among the founding physicians were Dr.
- Gero-Informatics - Gero-informatics (sometimes termed Geroinformatics) is the development, application, and study of health informatics in geriatrics. Whereas gerontechnology refers to "matching technological environments to health, housing, mobility, communication, leisure and work of older people", gero-informatics concerns the role of information, information systems, and information technology in geriatric medicine and geriatrics care.
- Mary Ann Wilson - Mary Ann Wilson is a registered nurse in the field of geriatrics and post-polio rehabilitation, and is also the founder and host of the award winning exercise show Sit and Be Fit, which is broadcast on over 100 PBS television stations across the United States.